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Jorge Lemus is a linguist working in the documentation, maintenance, and revitalization of endangered languages. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Arizona, with a specialization in phonology and linguistic anthropology. He is currently a linguistics professor and researcher in the School of Languages and Education at University Don Bosco (UDB), El Salvador. He is also the director and editor of Científica, a multidisciplinary scientific journal. He has been codirector of the PhD program in Social Sciences and director of research at UDB. In addition, he has been a professor at Universidad de El Salvador and a visiting professor at Penn State University, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Sonora, California State University at Sacramento and the Public University of Navarra. He has been a guest lecturer in several European countries, Japan, Israel, USA, Mexico, Central and South America. He is a founding member of the Central American Association of Linguistics and he is currently deputy director of the Salvadoran Academy of Language, corresponding to the Royal Spanish Academy. In 2010, he was awarded El Salvador's National Culture Prize for his extensive work with the country's indigenous communities and his efforts to safeguard their languages and cultures and assist them in the long process of reclaiming their rights as peoples. Professor Lemus has published numerous books and articles related to language revitalization, theoretical linguistics, and the Spanish language, as well as textbooks for learning endangered languages. One of his most successful grassroots projects is the early language immersion program for children ages 3-5 known as Cuna Nahuat, currently active in three indigenous communities in western El Salvador. The program is run by elderly native Pipil Nahua-speaking women. The main objective of the Cuna Nahuat is to form a replacement generation of Nahuat speakers and thus prevent the language from becoming extinct.
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